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The Android Market is no longer installed on my Captivate. I have been running Cognition 2.6.32.9 for a while now and decided I needed to upgrade to 4.2.3, so I started doing that following a guide I found that said I needed to disable the lagfix. Once the phone started back up after I disabled the lagfix it seemed to be at default rom settings. It changed the background back to the cognition background, none of my apps were on the home page, etc etc. Another thing I noticed is that I can't find the market anywhere on the phone. I need to install clockwork so that I can install the new version of Cognition. How do I go about doing this?
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The Android Market is no longer installed on my Captivate. I have been running Cognition 2.6.32.9 for a while now and decided I needed to upgrade to 4.2.3, so I started doing that following a guide I found that said I needed to disable the lagfix. Once the phone started back up after I disabled the lagfix it seemed to be at default rom settings. It changed the background back to the cognition background, none of my apps were on the home page, etc etc. Another thing I noticed is that I can't find the market anywhere on the phone. I need to install clockwork so that I can install the new version of Cognition. How do I go about doing this?
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You can get the market app on their website.
As for cwm, it's usually implamented in custom ROM? Try to reboot in recovery and if you get the green text (cwm 2.5) -> You have it already!
When I go to the market in the browser it says that Rom Manager is already installed, but I can't find it anywhere in the app drawer.
SGTME113 said:
When I go to the market in the browser it says that Rom Manager is already installed, but I can't find it anywhere in the app drawer.
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Are you on a custom ROM already? (Cognition I believe you said?) If it's the case, go in recovery using the extended power menu. You don't need Rom Manager to do it for you.
Also, you can re-download Rom Manager even if it says it's installed.
I tried to redownload Rom Manager in the brower. It didn't do anything though. When I went into recovery I was given the option to reboot, reinstall packages, delete all user data, delete cache data, and format the internal sd card. I tried to reinstall packages but that didn't seem to do anything. Another thing I noticed is that when I try to connect the phone to my computer the phone doesn't seem to realize it is connected. I don't get the option to turn on the usb connection.
edit: Well now I seem to have bigger problems. I managed to get into recovery and reinstall cognition 2.6, then I got the zip for 4.3 onto the phone. Then I went back into recovery to install that, started installing and then I got an error, and it stopped installing. I tried to install it again, same thing. So I just gave up and went to reboot and now it is stuck at the at&t screen. I can get the screen to turn black for a few seconds by holding the power and volume buttons, but then it goes back to the at&t screen.
SGTME113 said:
I tried to redownload Rom Manager in the brower. It didn't do anything though. When I went into recovery I was given the option to reboot, reinstall packages, delete all user data, delete cache data, and format the internal sd card. I tried to reinstall packages but that didn't seem to do anything. Another thing I noticed is that when I try to connect the phone to my computer the phone doesn't seem to realize it is connected. I don't get the option to turn on the usb connection.
edit: Well now I seem to have bigger problems. I managed to get into recovery and reinstall cognition 2.6, then I got the zip for 4.3 onto the phone. Then I went back into recovery to install that, started installing and then I got an error, and it stopped installing. I tried to install it again, same thing. So I just gave up and went to reboot and now it is stuck at the at&t screen. I can get the screen to turn black for a few seconds by holding the power and volume buttons, but then it goes back to the at&t screen.
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Ok you need to give more info on that error.. Were you on 2.2 froyo? If so, you'll need this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052991
Now for your actual problem.. You'll need to get in download mode:
Unplug usb;
Remove battery;
Hold volume buttons; (don't release no matter what)
Plug the usb;
Put the battery back in.
You might need to try a few times for it to work.
After that, you'll need Odin3 one click downloader (and only that one) to get back to stock.
From there, you'll be able to recover.
I figured it out now. Thanks for the help. I'm on Cognition 4.3 now and it's working perfectly.
just some info for anyone that reads:
sometimes after flashing a custom rom, the market thinks its a new phone, and will show your "purchases" of all your "phones" sometimes you must push install to your "new phone"
also sometimes you need to reboot for the push to go to your phone, or wait about 5 minutes.
but you got it glad to hear!
SGTME113 said:
I figured it out now. Thanks for the help. I'm on Cognition 4.3 now and it's working perfectly.
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Np! Glad you got your phone back the way you like it
i im on the same rom but an old version. if i were to upgrade or transfer to a different rom i would have to disable lag fix? correct? or could i just odin it and flash it?
Yesterday my phone started acting up. All running process crashed and not many was able to start. I had to constantly click "force close". I think this started after I installed the Google+ app, but not sure.
I have tried uninstalling all unnecessary apps, without luck. I then tried wiping to factory settings by using the Android menu, but without any changing. I then tried by holding vol+ and power, going in to recovery and wiping both to factory and app cache. This doesn't change anything either. By googling I can see some suggests to hold vol- and power, to get to a another wiping-functionality but this just boots my Nexus S to normal state - no menu appears.
Has anybody an idea of what I can do?
Edit: more info; if I click "Report" and investigate the message sent to Google, I see that error has something to do with SQLite-relatet classes. Which makes some sense, alot of my changes are reset each time the phone is rebooted. For instance did I miss a call a couple of hours before the phone went crazy - this is shown at each boot in the notification area eventhough I clear the area and/or goes to missed call section
Factory reset via menu does delete all your "custom" apps, so I'd say it's not one of the existing apps causing problems.
The way you describe function after your factory reset sounds like factory reset didn't work properly.
If you feel safe I'd recommend rather flashing 2.3.4 again using either Odin or the OTA zip from Google (requires open bootloader).
I think you're right that factory reset doesn't do what is expected. Once I click it, the phone reboots and shows the Android guy next to an unwrapping package. This lasts only 2 seconds, then it reboots itself again and goes into normal phone mode (where all the app-crashing starts again).
I have not flashed or rooted my phone before, but I will consider this now since my NS is pretty much a brick. Thank you for your swiftly response.
Edit: Shouldn't I get a menu, when I push and hold vol- button, while turning on the device? Right now it just boot as normal.
Before you use odin....try going into rom manager a reflashing clockwork! Ive had that android dude on my screeen but reflashibg via rom manager always fixed it. Try that
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Wow my Nexus has totally shut me out.
I cannot use ClockworkMod unfortunately since I am not able to root my phone. It is not detectable via USA (when I use vol+/pwr and connect USB). I am unable to check the USB Debugging option on the phone. Each time I check it, go to home-screen and back to the menu, it has de-selected it again. Also I noticed when I read the info that is sent to Google for all those app-crashes I get, I see SQLiteException and error in an SQLite.java file. So it seems like some database layer is broken.
I read one could copy the ClockWork.img to my phone and use the standard recovery option to flash the img (I think). But when I go into the recovery menu, the file is gone. When I boot the phone again, it has deleted the .img file - eventhough if I copy it to several different folders, they are all gone :-(.
I feel pretty screwed at the moment. How can I else wipe all data?
I'd recommend to check if your device is correctly identified in windows. Missing USB drivers might cause problems. Get the latest drivers and a guide from here.
If you succeed booting into fastboot properly (vol up and power) you can follow this guide. Get the latest cwm recovery.img here.
Last option would be to boot into download mode (vol up + vol down + power + plugging in usb cable) and use Odin from samfirmware.com
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All options require correctly working USB drivers.
I managed to unlock the bootloader, by quickly turning on USB-debugging (before any processes started to crash) and install the drivers from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6819751&postcount=4
A reboot later, I got this message:
"System UIDs Inconsistent
UIDs on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable."
Right below was a button saying "Im feeling lucky" (??)
I installed ClockworkMod using fastboot and tried "Fixing permissions" with no luck. I will try some ROM later on, and hope it will bring my phone back
Normally this error happens when you have a faulty app ruining your system, formating/deleting whole sdcard does usually fix this.
rentaric said:
Normally this error happens when you have a faulty app ruining your system, formating/deleting whole sdcard does usually fix this.
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I can safely mount USB-storage and format the whole bunch?
I been sweating over this stupid issue all day now, all I want is a fac-reset :´(
Edit: "format /sdcard" using CWM didn't do anything
DennisRP said:
I can safely mount USB-storage and format the whole bunch?
I been sweating over this stupid issue all day now, all I want is a fac-reset :´(
Edit: "format /sdcard" using CWM didn't do anything
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See I'm no expert on this whole thing. At this point I'd just flash a whole new system via Odin. Prolly not the smartest or safest option, but that's what I'd do because I don't know better. If that wouldn't fix it either, I'd return the phone on warranty
I was looking at Odin from the start, since nothing else seemed to be working.
So right now I got started on Odin. Followed the .pdf steps and flashed the bootloader at first succesfully. I was asked to remove the battery and re-connect my NS. Began downloading "pda" and "phone", but at around 10% a big fat red "fail" message appeared and now I just see the Google-logo on startup. I still cant flash any roms via fastboot.
Im too tired too right now, been working with this for 14 hours straight. I will look at it tomorrow evening. Thanks for your help rentaric
Weird, you're not the first one who had trouble running Odin using their guide.
Overall it's pretty simple.
Enter download mode. Vol up vol down and power at the same time while plugging in the USB cable. Start Odin, should show a yellow colored box with a port number. Uncheck everything but reset timer and auto reboot. Unzip the correct zip file from samfirmware.com (check if you got i9020 or i9023 and get the universal Odin exe), apply file from the folder accordingly. Bootloader and bootloader. Phone and modem. Pda and pda. Csc can remain empty (will change carrier info in fastboot).
Double check md5 hash to avoid broken files.
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rentaric said:
Weird, you're not the first one who had trouble running Odin using their guide.
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Of course I did not go to bed, how should I be able to sleep with a broken phone .
The firmware suggested on samfirmware.com for my phone, was 2.3.3 and some other version (my phone was 2.3.4.2/GRJ22 or something similar, I suspect that might be the cause. Also I unchecked everything, that might also have been of importance). The flash will always fail when everything was downloaded - it then said something about "remote" and "Loke" and then fail. But as I mentioned, I had succesfully flashed boot.img (2.3.3) thus no boot occured now. I googled the correct bootloader, used fastboot and was booting succesfully again.
I began looking more into the sdcard, as error-messages was leading me this way. To compress 4 hours of investigations into a few lines, it seems as my PBA is malfunctioning as other xda-members have experinced. Only solution is sending the phone to Samsung for a PBA replacement. I purchased the phone in Bestbuy USA and the danish Samsung partners are not too joyfull about this - I will contact Samsung and hope they can help me.
I experinced the exact same thing as this poor guy - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=993403
Every thing you try to do to /sdcard is worthless.
Formatting (USB/using CWM/using adb shell linux commands) says "Succes" but nothing happens.
Copying files says "Succes" but nothing happens. If I boot phone into CWM, mount usb and upload new rom/apk/whatever and try to do a "install update.zip" it fails with some mounting errors.
Im ready to go cry in a corner - I really want this to be fixable via software, but I probably have to realize that this is a hardware issue.
Apparently Samsung doesn't offer worldwide warranty for cellularphones :´(. God it sucks to pay repair-expenses on a 1 month old mobile.
Hi there,
I need some help here. My wife's Sprint Nexus S is acting up - keep popping messages such as "Unfortunately XXX has stopped." So I decided to do a hard reset. I followed the instructions but weirdly the phone did not do it. It acted like doing the hard resetting but then rebooted with nothing changed. I tried both the software way - Settings, factory reset, and the hardware way - Vol up button + Power, then recovery, then Vol up + Power again at the Android with exclamation image, chose "Wipe all data and factory reset." However, the phone boots with nothing changed.
Can anyone help me with this? What else can I try?
Thanks much in advance.
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You could try fixing the permissions on the files through Rom Manager; it fixes a lot of Force Close generally.
kwudude said:
Have you tried installing a custom recovery and doing a hard reset through that route yet? E.G. ClockworkMod or TWRP
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Thanks. I will give it a try. Can you point me to some instructions / files for downloading, etc.?
Cpu.gastronomy said:
You could try fixing the permissions on the files through Rom Manager; it fixes a lot of Force Close generally.
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This one is actually the Sprint stock rom untouched. So... no Rom Manager on it. Thanks anyway. I guess a custom recovery is the only way to go now...
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I wouldn't install a custom recovery, and ultimately technically void your warranty, for the sole purpose of resetting it though...
Just use a one click root tool, it flashes superuser, cmw, but keeps the rest of the (stock) rom you're on!
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Thanks to you all for all the good suggestions. I have tried several things but did not succeed.
1. Flashed a clockworkmod recovery. That was successful. So I went ahead to use its factory reset function. The process completed without error but once rebooted, the phone remains the same as before.
2. Connected the phone to a PC, turned on USB storage, copied a ROM image zip file to a folder. Then tried to install it through Recovery. But the file I copied was nowhere to be found.
3. Put then phone into the bootloader mode, connected to PC, use fastboot to flash boot, system, recovery, userdata, radio image files. All went through with any issue. Rebooted, phone is the same.
In short, whatever I do, the phone remains the same. No changes can be made.
I also tried the one-click tool but could not proceed ahead. It required USB debugging turned on. I turned it on, the check mark was there, but it was really NOT turned on because on the PC, the message is that it is not on. On the phone, if I switch to a different application, or simply go back one step, and then go to developer option, the checkmark was not turned on.
It feels like the internal memory/storage becomes read-only. No changes can be made. I am not sure if the hardware is bad, or some permission issue.
Any ideas that I should try next?
From what I read and understand, I think I had a bad nand problem. Guess time to let the phone go RIP.
Hi there. I set a homescreen ealier today to use a vpn. I wanted to turn it off but the "none" option was greyed out. I then go to security, and clear all installed credentials. Now when I tried texting, the messenger app would close upon opening. so I went to security and clicked system reset. I left "Erase Personal Data" unchecked. Then my phone rebooted and never moved past the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen. I forced it to reboot by holding the power button, and I proceeded to go to the bootloader! Great, it works. Go to recovery... as soon as I open it, my phone goes dark. I turn it back on, boot loop. and now my phone is stuck kinda "bricked". I have access to the bootloader and fastboot. I'm guessing the reset button that I clicked is looking for the stock recovery to restore the phone, but because it is replaced with clockworkmod's recovery, it closes on launch. Any way I can fix this mess without going to the at&t store or getting a new phone?
Specs prior to incident:
CleanRom 7.0R2 and Rooted
Hboot 2.41
S-Off
If I need to respecify anything, please let me know.
I wonder if I should try and reflash Recovery through fastboot. I still have the files backed up from when I rooted a year ago. what command would I type though.
jackzilla241 said:
Hi there. I set a homescreen ealier today to use a vpn. I wanted to turn it off but the "none" option was greyed out. I then go to security, and clear all installed credentials. Now when I tried texting, the messenger app would close upon opening. so I went to security and clicked system reset. I left "Erase Personal Data" unchecked. Then my phone rebooted and never moved past the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen. I forced it to reboot by holding the power button, and I proceeded to go to the bootloader! Great, it works. Go to recovery... as soon as I open it, my phone goes dark. I turn it back on, boot loop. and No my phone is stuck kinda "bricked". I have access to the bootloader and fastboot. I'm guessing the reset button that I clicked is looking for the stock recovery to restore the phone, but because it is replaced with clockworkmod's recovery, it closes on launch. Any way I can fix this mess without going to the at&t store or getting a new phone?
Specs prior to incident:
CleanRom 7.0R2 and Rooted
Hboot 2.41
S-Off
If I need to respecify anything, please let me know.
I wonder if I should try and reflash Recovery through fastboot. I still have the files backed up from when I rooted a year ago. what command would I type though.
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fastboot flash recovery recoveryfilename.img
you can try wiping everything and then restoring your backup.
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fastboot flash recovery recoveryfilename.img
you can try wiping everything and then restoring your backup.
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Got a window saying compatibility issues with 64-Bit windows.
jackzilla241 said:
Got a window saying compatibility issues with 64-Bit windows.
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I have no idea what you are talking about. Can you be more specific as to when or how you got this message?
IE: Explain what you were doing that brought it up?
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I have no idea what you are talking about. Can you be more specific as to when or how you got this message?
IE: Explain what you were doing that brought it up?
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In pic 5, I am on my desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate x64
In pic 6, I am on my laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium x86
neither of those show you typing fastboot flash recovery recoveryfilename.img
also there should not be a compatibility issue at all.
Try these adb/fastboot files: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19685555/fb-adb.zip
exad said:
neither of those show you typing fastboot flash recovery recoveryfilename.img
also there should not be a compatibility issue at all.
Try these adb/fastboot files: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19685555/fb-adb.zip
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Got new files. Wiped cache, installed new recovery! BOOM! Recovery works now. Thanks for the help Saved me from tons of stress
Oh and also... My storage for my phone is corrupt, so I'll just reformat it. Luckily I backed up everything just an hour ago.
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Try these adb/fastboot files: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19685555/fb-adb.zip
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Why not use Google to download the files? I personally hate dropbox and rapidshare mirrors of often outdated files that would be better got from the original source.
Fastboot/adb
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-8.xml
That links:
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r19.0.1-windows.zip
Google adb driver:
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addon.xml
That links:
http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/usb_driver_r09-windows.zip
apktool:
https://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/list
If Google, HTC, Samsung, Sony etc host the original files, just get them from there
I have been having problems with my phone for weeks, to the point where I thought I would need a new phone (and many people commented this same belief). I managed to find ways to work around the problems. But now, I have a serious problem that I did not foresee: my phone will not reboot, even after a factory reset and clearing the cache partition. It all started because I installed an app called "Boot Animations" by JRummy Apps Inc. on the Play Store. I wanted a new boot animation. I installed the animation I wanted, then granted the app root permission to change my boot animation. I checked "yes" to creating a backup of my original animation, thinking that would be my safety net in case anything went wrong...
I rebooted my phone to see my fancy new Nexus inspired boot animation, and all I get is a black screen...for an hour. I figured a factory reset would fix things, but it didn't. My phone is still stuck at the black screen. After a few minutes of black screen, it turns white, and stays like that. But it doesn't go any farther than that white screen. I'm not even getting a carrier logo.
I'm hesitant to say my phone is ruined, since that's what I, and several other people, said about my previous phone issues, but those problems ended up being fixable. I would like to think that there is also some work-around for this new issue. I have an Alcatel One Touch Sonic A851L, running android 4.1.2. It's rooted. There is no stock firmware available for me to re-flash (I have looked for it everywhere and asked my service provider for it, and they could not provide the firmware). When I plug my phone into my computer, it says "CD Drive (H: )Alcatel_USB_auto", and the folders are "autorun", "driverinstaller', and "setup". No file access.
Does anyone have any solutions or ideas?
Also, when my phone is plugged into a computer via USB, it loops. It goes from the 'Alcatel' screen, to black, to off, then repeats about 10 times before finally stopping. Then it's recognized by my computer as a CD drive. When it's plugged into a wall, it just goes to the battery screen, but doesn't loop.
If debugging mode is on in developer option ,you can try this.
Download a bootanimation according to your phones screen resolution from here :- http://androidbootanimation.com/category/android-boot-animations/Try to access your system file by your computer using android commander.Delete bootanimation.zip file from system/media.Place the downloaded bootanimation file in system/media.Then reboot your phone.
raymond_bqg said:
If debugging mode is on in developer option ,you can try this.
Download a bootanimation according to your phones screen resolution from here :- http://androidbootanimation.com/category/android-boot-animations/Try to access your system file by your computer using android commander.Delete bootanimation.zip file from system/media.Place the downloaded bootanimation file in system/media.Then reboot your phone.
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Will the android commander work if my phone isn't booting at all? I can't access anything, all I'm getting is a black screen. I think the stock boot animation itself got damaged by the app I used to change it.
fullscore21 said:
Will the android commander work if my phone isn't booting at all? I can't access anything, all I'm getting is a black screen. I think the stock boot animation itself got damaged by the app I used to change it.
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Well...u should give it a chance.
I also think ur stock bootanimation is replaced ,that's why I gave you a link of alternate bootanimation.
raymond_bqg said:
Well...u should give it a chance.
I also think ur stock bootanimation is replaced ,that's why I gave you a link of alternate bootanimation.
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I tried your solution. Installed android commander and...I can see my files!!! However, I have an issue. When I try to alter my system files in any way, I get a message "You need root access to do this operation". My phone is rooted, but I'm still getting that message. Any workaround that you know of?
fullscore21 said:
I tried your solution. Installed android commander and...I can see my files!!! However, I have an issue. When I try to alter my system files in any way, I get a message "You need root access to do this operation". My phone is rooted, but I'm still getting that message. Any workaround that you know of?
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Do you have a custom recovery installed? If yes, which one?
Freewander10 said:
Do you have a custom recovery installed? If yes, which one?
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Unfortunately, no. What's more frustrating is, in the days leading up to this, I had a nagging feeling out of nowhere that I should make a backup. But I said "nah, nothing will ever go so horribly wrong that I need to recover all of my stock files"
Is there a custom recovery available for your phone?
Also, check this post and see if its something you can pull off:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56949443&postcount=2
And this thread (if you haven't already)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2426426&page=1
fullscore21 said:
I tried your solution. Installed android commander and...I can see my files!!! However, I have an issue. When I try to alter my system files in any way, I get a message "You need root access to do this operation". My phone is rooted, but I'm still getting that message. Any workaround that you know of?
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OK...connect your phone by PC and exucte :- "adb shell su"
raymond_bqg said:
OK...connect your phone by PC and exucte :- "adb shell su"
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Just tried that. Got this message:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Leigh.HOME>adb shell su
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[email protected]:/ #
C:\Users\Leigh.HOME>
Thanks to everyone who tried to help. I pretty much gave up and am getting a new phone (no problem, the phone was only $19.99). I'm definitely going to install a custom recovery on my new phone.
fullscore21 said:
Thanks to everyone who tried to help. I pretty much gave up and am getting a new phone (no problem, the phone was only $19.99). I'm definitely going to install a custom recovery on my new phone.
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Did you already give up fixing your device? Hey if you are still interested you could try twrp easy maker. It will create twrp for your phone and install for you. Just google for it or look for it in xda. From twrp recovery mount system and go to file explorer and delete boot animation.zip After that the phone should reboot without boot animation.